To Rochester Red Wings pitcher Yohan Pino, it doesn't matter if he's starting or coming out of the bullpen.

He just wants the chance to take the mound and get hitters out, and he's done that with superior efficiency.

Pino made his fifth start of the season and turned in yet another gem.

The right-hander allowed just one run on three hits over 71/3 innings as the Red Wings defeated the Gwinnett Braves, 2-1, on Sunday in front of an announced crowd of 6,433 at Frontier Field.

Rochester (31-24) capitalized on a Gwinnett error in the fifth inning to score both runs, and Pinto and the bullpen made it stand for the Wings' eighth straight victory over the G-Braves.

Pino has made 12 appearances with the Wings this season and improved to 7-1 with a 1.65 ERA.

His seven wins are tied for the IL lead.

"I feel great. I'm feeling my pitches," the 30-year-old Venezuelan said. "I threw a lot of sinkers and that's worked for me. I got a lot of ground balls and didn't throw that many pitches."

He allowed a one-out single in the fourth, then retired the next 11 batters until he surrendered a walk in the eighth to end his outing.

Pino's last start was May 9. He ended Sunday with 87 pitches.

"He's (had these games) before and if he had pitched maybe deeper as of lately he could have stayed in, but we didn't want to push him too far today," manager Gene Glynn said. "We wanted to get him out of there (after the walk) and bring in some guys that were fresh."

Aaron Thompson came on to get the final two outs of the eighth and Ryan Pressly stranded the tying run at second in the ninth to earn his second save and preserve the Wings' 15th win its last 18 games at Frontier Field.

Gwinnett took the lead in the third when Steven Lerud tripled down the right field line leading off and scored on Ozzie Martinez's grounder to second base.

Braves starter Gus Schlosser was equally as effective as Pino in the early innings, keeping the Wings off balance with his sidearm delivery.

But in the fifth, Eric Farris was hit by a pitch with one out and James Beresford followed with a double to right.

Chris Colabello then grounded sharply to third, catching a breaking Farris in a rundown, but the throw home glanced off Lerud's glove allowing Farris to scamper home with the tying run.

Brad Nelson then beat out a potential inning-ending double play grounder to bring in Beresford with the go-ahead run.

"We had an opportunity early to take a lead and get out in front and it didn't happen but we fought back and took advantage of a misplay to tie the game and scored then got our second run," Glynn said. "Those guys had some really good at bats."